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      LWIKTERCHAKT , bt raiBwrAsr'kiir , ' "ffho sorrow * for Spritsg , U it I ! ho , bo , Siaooga the . Boa . of . l 5 f . Isve tkwe ate sh&Sswi « f . te 9 * ,- J :.: : ... ^ ; ... i . t : ^ .:. ... ; .. Anaiao » hoIytejaew « tJiafi . n | a of the asp , . ; ThEaaIieart . haTlngf »« a . d , » t ^ # forB 3 jr . cjMp .. . ' 5 fjon ' * eb « t 6 ietit » ip «; fejo& ' TefpTel » titbnrnV . r « jwrtsar ^ tfeatEre KitaiBB a be&eon wouldttira , 5 &en twaj « it& yc * r eite ^ teBgaeJ fiimptrlsg -. Sph ' sri ¦¦ •¦ . . ' - = ' ^ -- ' i' -: i : > = - = ¦ ¦¦' SfetBjb tie f ; ifc stow saflthta with jaxmg Melody ' s TsinR : ... . . v ,. . , . . .- '• ¦ . Sere it flutters tcfeJotf St k p ** tlng atong , - Toa'd i ^ tfl ie . '< j : & * Whst . * B icant as ftsonf .

      Ftfr the ' feTerii > » i » r » cfssuffiinerdsy afcj , 'Who . sighs or who sorrow ? sot I , sot I ; - If it mpam . for tire fierce . Sashing spirit , cf fire That strikes mid-dey melody des < S at her lyrer ^ Thst quaffs offjoir floo £ i , ' » nd inhumanly tipi . E ' ea the last drop of dew from the duty's parch'd li ps ! ¦ - ¦ - - . „ =-- ¦ -. - : Then je'li chant of h « lote , and jb * U hymn to the sheen . . . - -. , ¦ Of her tresses of flame and her flounces ofgreea ; Be it so—but her piston ' s too brilliantly start e d To be lumbered Ttithlove for " a densoerat bar * .

      Is it Autumn ?—tsray with h « r . eoa ; uetti » h from , Only Mss ye her lip end it . irfthers ye brown ; . And she sig h * snasho 6 iailw ,. saa' she sobs and she fames , ¦ .. . ; . Till the yielding trove flings her its holiday plumee , To be whirled through the floods , to be bleached on the Or ' flungnp wllh disdain ! a your face u yon pan . Oh 1 a pretty old pouter bwwa Autumn art tmoa , With a boon in your boron , sad death on your brow : But s curtain deicen « i o'er youwelf aBd yonr dwds , Ay , and span from ' the foam of your conqueror t stetSs .

      Then hail fo thee YFintsr—though it « ra » nS settre , I can IoTe even wrath nhenlknow it sincere ! And your gretp of a hs « d like a p * triofi laaee , Mate ' s fte « sal of one tiegle through avery glsncr . Then you oomeundlisui « S lito-the ; fearless and trae , TFItJj ysar heart at yonr lip , end along in i t too ; Pot Old Winter ' s a bird sure a brother may tell , And the foreit'f a harp . he can finger right well , { OfeJ to hearken hhn tksre wb < m the cross ho Invokes , What a war-whoop he rings ff en tht tottering caki .

      Then hip , fe ! p , hurra ! for hii iirp and his song . And their true tempest burden ruth , rushing along ! , I"oc -we're sick , heBTea knows ,.. ef tfceir Iate-riies sighs , ' Aod their tllTer-tongutd streams and their sweet azure find the rest of their eome-all-thelelegsnt stofi , . As 4 we tura to tbee , Winter—proud , honHt , and rough— . . . ... . Oh f I'd rather be fseing thy cloudUit frown , . 'When you roll in yeur r&ge o ' er the shivering towa , ; Than bemaatlcd in light is the gaudiest bower That erer nurtsd June her fire-llpped flower .

      Is it winter , ha , ha ! he has love in his wrath—Sea his pearls feir ts . light sprinkk-orer your path ; Asd your streams , only lock , peeping out ss je put , ; With their sweetest of soage from hit cages of glais ; But'for me let them leipftom their preeiplee home , Shrieking out like Despair from a furnace of foam , hen away , like a bolt , o ' er the red e&rta tad roeks , While the " whirlwind fills choked ' with their earrotty locki , .... And the & « & . « & « ring—pat witfe ' the sign of the rills 'But an anthem right meet for a child of the hills .

      ! T . iien hurra for the hard of the woria . iw « eping wtaf , Aad hurra for the harp of the earlh . cIeanHg sting ! : And hurra for the waltz , and the whirl , and the wheil , Of the uprooted oake , crossed and totted in the re « l ! On ! I'd be with thee Winter , by forut and wa ?» , Aad my heart beating time to your hurricane etaTe ; For thert ' g something so wild and co fiercely sublime , Ay , and feerleitly trae , £ n yonr chant and yoar ehime , That they ring throigh my eooI like thesheutof the free—Tfaen tee flood , or the wcofl , and thsUmptit for ne ; ' SlXXIX OF X 7 LSTZK .

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      THE LABOURER . No . XIV . Fhjbeabt . A Treatut on the Small Farm Systttn and the Banking SvtKm 5 y tcfacft it is inttndti to be developed * By FEiEG ^ tO'CoxjTOB , Esq ., MP . London : Northern Star Office , 16 , Great Windmill-street , Haymarket ; James Watson , 3 , Queen ' s-flead . Passage ; Manchester , Abel Heywood . Co-operation is theErextleTer of aodera presresg . Feudalism did its work against despotism ; monicipalities against feudalism , and ^ now Cb-operation is raising the working classes frem nHd ^ r tne feet of that middlerdass tyranny whlA has grown out of

      the Emnicipal and corporate pririleges of the middle ages . The Tftlae ef- oo-operatisa is only beginning to be ahderstooi by the people—snd the magHificent treatiie just published ty Mr O'Connor will do more to impreathe pubiie . with the incalculable yslne of tie principle , tfian any . 'K-erk . of modera or or anoient tises-fiitli which we . are Bcqaainted . ' One of its chief merits is , that ii" deals with practical illustrations ; Mr O'Connor is . bo mere theeretical politician , bat lie brings his judgment , and experience W bear upon tbe requirements _ o £ the age , aadwai ' ehe points to the "terminsE , seTer neglects the aeans for a safe journey . ' .. ' ,. .-. . .-.-..

      It is the principle of co-operation that accounts for the rapid progress and ensures the final success of the National LaridCompany . Without co-operation It w 6 nld . be iiapossible for a poor maa to obtain posg assionpfland . Firatly » heTonldhava toparchase it at the retail price j—secondlf , he conld aot singly fnd the meanB to purcnase ' eren at . the wholesale one , £ nor even to meet the lav expenses attendant od such purposes . 13 ie following proTes " at once the Talue of ss-opcration at the starting point , the purchase of land : —> = - . There are loeated on O'C ^ nnorrille thirteen four-acre occupants , fire three sere occcpinfi , anitereateen twoacre ocenpants , TFhose paid up subscriptiens smtrantecl to £ 131 . fli ., whiie the expense ef making out title and cooreyiog the prspeitysmounted to ' £ 75 5 0 and devaluation and surrey to ... 42 0 9

      Haking £ 118 5 0 or within £ 12 Is . of the > hole amount paid by the occapants . ' Then we take the nest estate—Lowbands . 23 Four acre occupants paid £ 119 12 0 e Three acre occupants paid 23 8 0 17 Two acre occupant * pail 44 I 0 Making a total of £ 187 4 0 Tihilethe eipease of making out the title and conveying fee prsperty was £ 219 » s . 103 . { toe cost of sUmpdaty done being £ 89 15 s ., ) aod tho cost of valuation of outgoings , timber , end fixture * was £ 60 , making £ 279 St . 18 d ., or £ 9 ! hi . 103 . more than was paid by aU the allottcee . *

      Co operation then performs the seeming magic of enabling a manto obtain for £ 2 13 s ., £ 3 183 ., or £ 5 ^ 3 ., that which , single-banded , he could not purchase under from two to firehusdred pounds , so bigh 13 the price of land when sought for by the poor . Cqoperation , again , is the means by which the expended capital is reproduced , —bat first , let us see how that same co-operation reduces the expense , and guides and braces the progress of the Company , ltactually turns that , which , to an inditidual purchaser would be a drawback , into an advantage . Many an estate remains unsold , from the fact of being burdened with too large a house—too extensive buildings , etc But . how does this stand ia reference to the Land Company ? Speaking of the Talue of such , materials , werse than useless to an individual , but invaluable to a co-operating company , Mr O'Connor

      says—Those who are not praekted In themide of estimating the value of old material to a Company fike ours , or to a landlord in the cituatiom I have been considering , may be sceptical upon this point ; but perhaps , I may guceeed in dispelling the doubt , when I state that I estimated the Talae of building material * upon an estate of one hundred and twelve Bcres at £ 3 , 100 ; the value of the materials upou an estate of one hundred and thirty acres at more than £ 2 . 000 ; that the old materials and fences grubbed on the Herringsgote Estate of one hundred snd three acres were worth nearly £ 1 , 009 ; and that toe materials upon tMe estate ( Snig ' s End ) of one hundred and eighty acres , are worth £ 2 , 000 ; and I xc ! ghtput sll down ats hfgfcer figure if I was t * tike into account the exact difference in ralue between materials ob the spot , and those which I have frequently to draw fire valHe .

      Tkn ? , co-operation enablee tne Company to obtain tie Land and materials—it turns that which would be waste isto value—and farther , it economises the working of the plan—it changes that into profit ^ fhich would otherwise be a heavy drain on the Company ' s' resources ; in Ehort , it saves the difference between a retail and wholesale price . See how the co-operative princi ple simplifies and expedites the working of the plan : I will bow make the Taiae of cooperation apparent to all , by the savings in the single item of horse power—6 Ed to this statement I beg the greatest attention . Perhaps those arithmeticians of the Prete , » ho txpect that sll the materials composing a cottage should jump togetfcer as if by magic , will cock their ears , when they learn that there are two hundred ^ nd fi / teen tens of materials in a single collage and ont buildings . I will ¦ aishh the table for thsir instruction .

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      140 tons of Stones , ' .-35 „ Sand and lime for masons . SO „ Koid stone , allowing : a mile to every fifty cottagM , that- is- ' six perches , ae the proportion to each cottage , and fire tons to . aperch , , . :: , 5 „ Timber . ' : , ,,,.... 10 „ Slates ' ,. lime and !' sand for plasterers , flagging for . ' KUehen , Chimney pieces , . ' heMta-stone *; " raBgee , BtoT . g , ; and chlmneyAarj . ' -nailB . -iron . work , spout , ing . pjimp , steinihB . well , cement , lead , for . gn ^ 'F ^ snitiiB litq ^ toeteras ; the staining ef the , well Alone taking from four to five tons . 5 „ Stene or gravelfor making paths . Maktnr

      ¦ ' . 2 . 15 ten % .. ' . -: •; Kow , Irenture . to presume , that those f&aoramuses , ' who can form no , eitlmata . of theamoont of labour re . quired fer the" conversion of " two hundred acres of an old system farm into fifty allotments with " fifty ' cottagss , were under thtimpressioh that all the materials In one of those , cottages would Weigh two or three 'tons ; bnt you will find taat apt less than 10 , 760 tons of materials are rtqn ' red for . the erection of fifty cottages . - And fearing had gome experience . lor the . pR&t , hired ; horse p ' owsr ^ for . the performance of that portion of the work , wouli ctktrame in twoghilliogs a ton , making the sum of £ 1075 for that labour alone , whereas I can perform the eanea-noaat of labour , and . rnoro coaveniently , at n ' ne-p « nce a tan -thareby effeeting a saving ia this de . partmtnt ilon » of £ 18 8 s . 9 d . a house , « nd in this calculation I make no allowance for the manure made by the

      horses . But , as my object Is to convince you of the Tamo of co . operatiOB , and to provs to you that'the if curing of that principle , will . warrant our giring a bonui to those wko furnish the means , I « how you that , from the differ , enee between hired bone-power , andiGo » o ' paratlTe borgepower alpne , the , paxtj rentinf one of our cottages , wonld not be th « loEsr of a fraction by lsying a benus of thirteen and i'htXt percent . ' oVtr and abore the interest ; that is , he tare ' s £ is 8 * . 3 d . by the money of the depo-» itor , ' : inthe , i | ngie ; ltMn of drawing materials to his housp , as I estimeite the ! ralu ' e of ; a cottagVat £ 109 .. and the agricnltural . eperationsat £ 5 an act *; , and as large a sariDg would be tfiectei in agricultural operations by the difference between co-operatire labour and hired labour , . This saving , and consequent profit ( since money saved is money gained ; especially ^ id a Company formed for the-ie prodnction of its capital ) , perrades every branch of ed-operative economy : •¦•

      . I . convinced my bailiffs at Hinster ,. that the difference between . haying twelve ; men end . sis , to . Joadithecarti with stqne and , sand , . jrhieh was bat tenahilliagtaday additional , effected a saving aa ' d thereby si » de a profit of £ 5 a day , as I . takecKretbhsTe sufficient power to load my borB «« whaejhsy af e turning , whereas you will see a fariaer ! e teamltandlng for an hour or two , ! loiliig him four or fi , T 6 . shilUngi , merely to nave the espense of an addltlotifil man ' s labour . ¦ ¦ ¦ . : i :. While treating , of co . eperation , I might hare shown you a ltTge saving in every other department of building , fer which t ! ie . Company wouU be gainerB by paying twenty or thirty per cent , for a . lufficieut aobunt of money to enable tbea to carry out the cooperative principle to its fullest estept , but I . thiak I haTebetniuSciently crplidt in my details , and that their perusal will cowrince tba greatest sceptic of their accuracy .

      I might bate taonrn a saving of more than one hundred ptr cent , ia the simple operation ef ploughing ; the hired team consisting of o man and driver , and four horses , while two of my . hones with one man will plough the itiffest ground , and from the difference of pace will ploajh s qaerUr ef an acre por dey more tbaF his hired mails , . .. A pain , no mason will undertake to build one cottage at the same rate that he will undertake to build fifty ; no carpenter will undertake his labemr at the time price , while I venture , to astsrt that the difft « nce between wholesale dealing and retail dealing in Umber , would amount to ever twenty per cent , while I am allowed a discount of fifty per cent , upon all my ironmongery .

      Mr O'Connor now alludes to a feature in his plan , bearing upon one of the most important and charac teristie features of the times—machinert . The great mechanical inventions of the age , * juBt source ot pride for man , a true proof ' of victory ^ ver the inert element ? , ef dominion over earth ; this has been rendered the cans . of the people , whereas it might ba their blessing ,, lighten , their labour , and multiply resources . Possessed . J > y a few capitalists , it became their ourse ; eo-operation only can make it their blessing ; and to the idle objection thatan agricultural tendency on the part of the population would abeck machinery , and cripple mecaanical industry , the follow ^ ingisagtrikiEganswef : — - .: ¦ . -:-, - ...

      'I wish it to be distinctly understood , ' g ays Mr O'Connor , that I am highly-favourable , not only to the use ef every description of machinery ( under eertaln conditions ) nkich can be msde a substitute for manual labour - but farther , that I consider the extensive employnicnt of manual iebonr to those egricultural operations to' which machinery S 67 er eta be profitably applied ; as calculated t o giro the greatest possible impetus , and to lead to the greatest improvement In aseful machinery , . . I believe , for Instance , that two hundred and fifty allottees loeated on one thousand acres of land ,. would use a much largeramount of machinery ' than te ' nfarmerr holding ten thouiand acres of land ; and for the simple

      reason , that they would discover that they could realise a larger profit by the application of machinery tosbme operaiian * , while their manual Isbour might he more : beneficially devoted to other purposes ; for instance , though ilr M eehi's overgrown thrashing-machine noold not repay taeeipease of « rection , h doeB notfolIOTrthata thrashing msphine , erected on a more economical priaciple and used more continually , wouid not pay ; my own Impression is , that the Small Farm . System , extensively aefed upon woald very speedily \ tiA to the introduction of a large amount of machisery , which would be profitable to the owner and the employer : to the owner bscauge' constantly employed ; and to the employer , becatue he would pay that exact amount for its use that he required . '

      Thus the value of co-eperation dawns more and more upon us , snd it appears as the only , agent by wlricli man ' s tyrant can tw turned into Ms servitor . Tals seme principle , again , operates powerfully for the domestic comfort of , the . agriculturist . At present , if a man , by a lucky chance , obtains possession at an enormous rent of two or three acre ' s of land , his cottage ; is generally at a great distance from the sceue of his labour , sine © it is the plan of landlords to discourage and . remove a cettier tenantry . We may here mention that Mr O'ConBor has elabarately and clearly proved a leasehold sab-division of estates to be vastly to the gain of tha landlord , and we beg our readers to pay particular attentioa to this portion of the treatise . But , to resnrae— ' '

      Great is the disadvantage of the farmer , whether large or small , who lives at a distance from his labour-field . I once undertook , to convince Lord Althsrp , that every man holding 1 , 000 acres of land , who cultivated wheat st the extremity of his farm , imposed upon'himself a tax of over one pound per quarter , over and above the price at which the small firmer , whose homestead was near his labour-field , could grow it , * . * Any man who lives a mile , or even balf-a-mlle from bis labour-field , will not put out as much manure , which is the weightiest agricultural work—will not dratr home as

      much corn , hay , or-roots—with two p » ir of her * es . . and four men in the day , as the husbandman , whose home , stead is in the middle of his labour-field ^ will perform of any ef those several operations within thesame time with a wheelbarrow and a lad fourteen years of age ; while in showery weather bis attendance wil : not he so certain ; he murteitherhsvehismealjunccmftrtably . crloeemuchtinio in going to hUcottsKetoparUfceof them ; while the man who Iive 4 npahhis allotment is always free from trespass T-has his eye continually over bis crops , and upon his Best , and takes shelter from a shower and advantage af the sunshine .

      Now it . is by co-operation only that the working classes eas obtain land and cottages under such ad vantageouscircumstances—forco-operation is the breaker down of restrictions . . Again , this principle alone can devejope our resources , and re-create our dormant weaUh . For the contrast between a co-operative farm , and that of an ' exclusive , ' we refer our reader ? to the graphic and striking description given by Mr O'Connor of the model farms of the aristocrat , Lord Torrington , and the middle class man Mr MecM . Having thus established the principle of eo-operation , the reader will fin-l , in this treatise , what success has attended its application to the Land Company . Alluding to the progress of that Company , we are toldtbat : — . . .

      Daring the first year ear receipts did not reach dC £ , 0 € 8 , while in the second year , and that portion of the pact . which has transpired , they have reached nearly £ 1 OQ , OQO—jome weeks amounting to £ 5 , 008—while the receipts in the Bank , which was intended as an auxiliary to the Land Piao , hive exceeded £ 12 , 000 in the firtt eleven months . That :- . The society now numbers nearly one hundred thousand heads of families , representing half a million of people ; a fact which shpuld convince those who havo been ignorant of the strong fraternity that exists between the memberB of the labour order , ' that the aetive mind of the industrious elasstS ef this country is now steadfastly directed towards the emancipation of labour . Se much for the power of co-operation—now for its

      application;—The Company has purchased noarly two thousand seres of lasd of the best quality ; has erected one hunarednnd 6 ixty cottages aad three noble ecbooIaoaseB ; and fcas in course of erection ninety Bore cottages ; and its members have a right to expect , that , between the present time and the month of May , all who have b ? en balloted for will be located—the located members' niitcberinp between four and five hundred . Besides the sum of £ 23 , 000 paid fjrthe purchase of land , the erection of one hundred and sixty cottages and three seboolkouses , and giving the aid-money to those occupant 3 who have been locsted , there is now available cash in hand to the amcunt of nearly £ 50 , 001 ) , while the Company pos-Eessesfifty-scven horsej , together vrilk a valuable stock ef agricultural implements . Mr O'Connor then describes the exact nature of the cottages built , the preparations made for the

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      omfort and security of the ajlottee , and feels authored , by thesuccesB of the Company , and the soundness of its foundation , itiproposTifJ a REDUCTION OF THE . RENT to FOUR PER CENT ., instead ofFIVE ,: asafcprei&nc . < - -. - ¦ ' "¦ . ¦ F or- . ithelvreasonBwb . y , and the proofs of how thw would operate rfpf . ihe . 'profitand . benefit of the Company , we refer our , r . eadersjto the pages of this admirable treatise ., Every member of . the Land Company ought to' study " itl ; and "H pught . to . be ^ a hou sehold book : mth the public it l ^ rge , Ssdeveloping the great principle of tfc 6 peratioa , atfd showing the ' people - . the- vatae ; of-the ! iand : and of their own labour . . -. :. -.-..-. '•¦ }/¦ . -. ¦ ¦ .-. •¦ :. ¦ ' .. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦• - ¦ ¦ - ¦¦ ; , Another proposition of vast importance is a further alteration ia the individual amounts of rent , through

      the medium of KQi / ittsAtioH . ' Should ' any one be ai sceptic as to the justice and' eipediericy of this ; he " g frillceaseito bs so' oa reading the exposition of : the ^ easODBj . and the conditions under whichlhe ahsnge ^ s propesed , aa . contained , in-thia treatise . -: W « do not doubt but . what everyone wi ) l bs eoavinced * -as we have been—and Ha . ying iiow alluded , at as much length as our epac 8 allowjj , at the great ' principle developed bj ,-andtnealterations " experience dcroands in , the Land Company , we will ¦ proceed to considfer the chief- et these me . ans of . reproduction , by which . Quick . and entjre : lpcati 6 n is'to be secured . We allude to ih , e . NAjM ) Kii land inpLiBOUR Bank . ' , Mr O'Connpf deals firstly , with-the . security ; secondly , with the ' ndvantateB offered . ' . '" , ¦ '' <

      • As regards the former point , we are . aot called oh to credit : mere : ^ ssertjon , feut facts ¦ and figures are arrayed before ue . ; If land is-the security most sought after by speculator ? , we have it proved in this treatige , how Jhe / eotates , purchased with jthe invested capital , afford far more than the usual security for the ' investment —how failure is impoEsiblei and ' how- the' ce-operative capitalist i »> Bafe > from ; the -remotest' chance of danger . Our readers ! wiljatonce eee , that ! we should not ba doing justice to Mr OlConnor , were wo to . enter into details , in this our Iimited ' spacb ; but we beg to point their attention to the means by which tho BanKia raade secure against a 'run ;'—by which ita capital is constantly available ; and of the means by which the Laad Purchase Department is to bs iflcresBcd . Under this last head we-Teceive the following gratify iHg intelligence :

      Having seento few contributors to the Land Purchasa Department , perhaps ^ his part . of tbo great whole may be looked upon slightingl y < . However the slight will be diepflled when I announce that from this source alone I have already realised over' - _ ¦ - ' ¦ - • \; "' ¦

      -. » TWOTHOUSANI ) POUNfiS . ' . : And I expect thst th ' ts' branch of our" undertaking iwlll bear good fruit for the floclaty . ' . flhlle It will leave a profit of more than one hundred per cent , to the contributors ' , because no member of the Land Purchase Department will be able to procura the same amount of Land la tba fetailtnarketat dbubla thsplico ' that I charge fer it . And £ ere again the ' sooiety bas the advantage of cooperation . '¦ : ¦ . ••¦• . ¦¦ ; i . ' . _ ¦ ¦ -. ¦ : Oneofthe ' mostiniportaatpropo 8 Hion 8 contained in this treatise , ia that of a BONUS TO DEPQSI " TORSINiiMIE BANK , on-a scale uaattempted

      by * oy Banking , House in the world . A BoHuertbat , would , uncler even ordinary . ciroumatanceB , aa illustrated by a , Btrikixig illuBtration ,. inorease the i interest of depwitars , ( whose monies should have been deposited for 12 months previously , ) . to kihk pbb cb jjt ., and sscurethe Bank against thechaneea of a ran . In two : of the investments already- made by the Land Company ,-the Bonuses , ;; under the proposed arrangement , would be . severally TEH PER CBHT ., and ten akd a half per CENT . ' We reeommend the Dispatch t « study this part of the treatise , whether anxious about' security ' er'interest . '

      We have now alluded to the more salient points of this remarkable treatise , - that we consider the most important work that has ieaued from tho modern press . There is no tangible objection that has not been met and refuted—it is the most masterly of Mr O'Connor ' s ' many masterly production ? on this ' all-absorbing subject ;—while wd will yen . tur « to assert , that even yet the r gr « at advantagas accruing from his plan , are bat half perceived . We recommend , the reading ; of this jtreatise * by a good reader , at every meeting oi the memberB of the Land Company—yeB ! and at the Chartist Localities too . Mr O'Connor well appreciates the necessities of the age , and tho Bpiritof | the . people , in . the following words : ¦ . :

      I bellevo in my conscience that the longer withholding the land fros Us legitimate purpOBes will lead to a revo . ' lutioa which cannot be stayed by - any Amount * f bli > odshed * : vthUe the adqption : o { the Small Farm System would preserve the several grades of society , making the rich richer and' the poor rich , ; and thus giving , all an equal interest in the malntetiance ana preservation ef thosenationalinstitutions which would then bo equally protectire of all ; thus ¦ asking Britain indeed and in truth , t&e envy and admiratibn of surronndlng nations ; whea cveryBritiah soldier ,, stationei in his own sentry , box , ia tl ) e centre of his own labour . field , would fly to tha cry . of * My cottaguis In danger' with , greater alacrity than tha mercenary flies to the cry that ' The con . stitution is in danger . ' Then'yon may spike your guns , level yourmaritime defences , and laugh at the threat of she proud invader . - > i- -i . . '•¦•¦• ' : ¦ ; "'

      When proteetioa is not extended In return for allegiance , loyalty is but a fragile thing . The effect * of free trade ,, if not qualified by prudent and necessary concessions " , will weaken the ' loyalty of the landlord Class , whea their . egtafteB , diminished in Value , are unable to sustain a permanent burden ; . and / high . aodnding and mighty as tbe loyalty of tbechurch now . ia , take away tithea to-morrow and clerical loyalty would follow them en the next day . What right , then , has a country to expect unconditional loyalty from those in return for whose allegiance bo protection is rendered ? a * * - ¦ ;

      Tame as political no tation has been since the anticipation of happiness- and ; contentment -. through social cbanpe has-been created , I would warn the privileged , the monopolist , and all who live" upon the depression of wages consequent Bpon tiie abstraction of the soil of t ^ e country from Its legitimate parpOses—the support flncl sustenance of man—that any : attempt to frustrate or de-Btroy that anticipation would lend to ' . a state of disorder jn which , the wlilingncs& to purchase would , be changed into a demand for . restoration ; ' . and that it is utterly hepeleBB for any Eoglinh minister or government longer to attempt tompport an increasing idle claea upon the diminiehed reeources of the industrious .

      We trust th p people will follow his advice—and rally round their gloriowXand Company , their ; truly ' National ' Bank , and , "by upionand organisation , deter the envious monopolist frea .. any endeavour to thwart their progress .

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      Alnwick . — The working elasses of this town are suffering severe privations on account of the scarcity of employment ' . The late Duke of Northumberland employed a fair number of men , bat-the present Duke baa turned all those men adrift npon the wide world , , to , liro . as they best may or can . Some of those men are old , having spent the whole of their lives on the late Duke ' s work ; censequenfly are unfit for labour of any kind , therefore , as aia | t resort , they must enter the workhoiisei or submit to the fare given oat . The workhouse is truly the social danghill , where the aristocracy throw those who can no lenger task for them . All of the working classes seem to be Buffering from want of employment ; shoemakers and tailors are not half employed . We may well ask , how long will this state of things tent . ? —Correspondent . - \ ¦ .

      Babrhead . —The friends of progress in this placa ( Barrhead ) havo lost one of the ablest of their advocates in the person of Mr John Cathie , block printer ; who died of lever on the 22 nd of January . . It ia now two years since Mr Cathie was chosen secretary for thia branch of the National Land Company , and , during the past year he heldthe office of secretary te thedistriot committee of the National Association of United Trades . To these two associations he has been of great Bervioe . 0 ur departed friend was canveyed to the grave by a respectable number of his friends and acquaintances ; and when they arrived at his last resting place , one who had helped him in his labours ( Mr Wisgate ) delivered an excellent oration over his corpse , testifying to his worth as a pnb-He man , and eulogising hie labours on behalf of tne people . . ¦ ' ¦' ,.

      LO ? B OP THE SCBEW SlHAMBB ARAM AND JflVB OF her Crbw . —On-Sunday , by the arrival at Liverpool oftkepscket-ship S usquehanna , Captain Dunlevy , from Philadelphia , intelligence was received of a serious collision between that ship and the auxiliaryscrew Btcamer Aram , Captain Easterby , by which tho latter . vessel was so : seriously damaged that she sunk , and j six of her crew were drowned The disaster oceurred on Monday evening week , at seven o'cleek , off the south-east coast of Ireland , ab : > ut forty miles below Tuskar . The ship , which for some days previously had been contending with strong east wind * , was at the time of the collision standing to the northward . : close-hauled , with tha wind about E . N . E ., and tha weather bpfog very eloudy , pre * vented the steamer from being seen till they were in close contact . After the vessels got clear of each other , Captain Easterby , of the Arara , finding his vessel in a very' dangerous state , ordered the boats

      te be got out ; when Seventeen persons , including himself and the first and second mates got into them , and weie shortly afterwards taken onboard theSuaquehanna . It was then found that six of the crew were missing . Erer / efffcrt wa 3 made by Captain Dunlevy in searching for them , and , after lying to near the spot till daylight next morning , no trace of the vessel or the poor fellows , who might have floated on spars , being visible , the ship bore away fer this pert . The Aram left the Mersey en Saturday week , bound for Malta and Constantinople , to which ports 8 he was a regular trader . She was a superior vessel , rigged as a three-masted schooner , with auxiliary Bteam power , on the screw plan , and only arrived from the Clyde sixteen days ago , where she had been receiving new machinery . The names of the crew wha have been lost are as follows : —Mr Livingstone , chief engineer ; Mr Hardy , second engineer ; Robert Logan , fiicman ; J . Selsby , seaman ; — Lewis , ditto ; I . Quin , engineer ' s boy .

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      dishonest action , hare to toil on their weary way through the journey of lifo ? It mafi about eight o ' clock o » Sunday , night , when Chandler and I left Smithville . Wo turned our horses ' heads towards Buffalo , crossed the Twenty , ventured to take a comfortable sapper with a friend , whose bouse was oa our way , crossed the 'W etland Canal and tho Chlppawu river , steering clear of the officials in arms in theBo parts , and got safe into Crewland before daylight . Wo ooen awoke Mr C~— , left our horses in hit pasture , and he immediately aeoompaEied us on our way to the Niagara river en foot . '

      On inquiry , he found feat all the . boats on the river ( rfioopt tbosri at the ferries , whioh were well guarded , ) hsdbflta Bbized and taken care of by the officers of govetnmttnt . ^ - 'Kiere was but one exception . Captain lieAfoe , ef Bertie , who resided on tho banks of the BTingnKij opposite tho head of Grand Island , ' was believed to have Kept one of hie boats locked up beside his carnages . I hesitated not a moment Sh advising Mr — £ , to state the difficulty I was in to him , in ease he ted a boat , for , although he had had n » knowledge of , or belief and partidlpsuon in , the outbreak , yet ha wae well known to be a strictly upright man , benevolent , not covetous , a member of the Methodist E p iscopal Church , very religious , and in all he said or did'Very sincere .

      The brothers De Witt are ceuiured for giving up "to CharUg II . ( who had beea himtelf a fugitive ) , and to ft cruel death , three of his 'father ' s judges ; and the poor and gallant Scotch Highlanders , whom s . mammoth bribe of £ 30 . 000 could net tempt to'betray tbe heir to the Crown , when a wandering fugitive in the nativeland of his royal ancestors , are held in honour . The Irish peasants who refused to give up Lord Edward Fi ' izgerald to hie country ' s oppressors , for gold—the poor sailors who enabled Archibald Hamilton Rowan to escape from Ireland and an untimely fate , with the proclaimed reward on a handbill in their boat , and the three bold Englishman who saved tbe life ' of the doomed "Labedojoro , have tbe merited applaueo of an adrofring world . Are thoee noble dtiz ^ s of Upper and liowpr Canada , whom wealth could not tempt to give up , nor danger deter from aiding and having their fellow ' men , tfeough many of them were opposed' to them in polities , and at a time of tba strongest political excitement —~ are & » j lees deserving of the meed of public opprobaiien i

      Mr 8 tmutl M'Afee Is nqw over sixty years of age , and , I think , he is of the New-Hampshirp family of that name who played their par , t like men . Jn 1776 . Our movement had proved a failure , and he kneiv it , He was woalthy—had a large family—aad risked everything by assisting me , yet ko did not heeltate— no , not « v « a for o moment . * . .. As well as I can now remember , it wac about nine oa Monday morning wkeri I reached his farm—which was one of the finest on the river—nn excellent , breakfast had been prepared for us , and I was much fatigued , and alsohungry . But there , was a military patrol on the river , and before sluing down to a repast , I thought it safe teetep but and see if the . coast was clear . Well for n ? e it was that'I did oo . Old Col . Ktrby , the Custom-houie officer , or ^ so slte Black Hock , and his troop of mounted dragoons , iu their green uniforms , and vrilh th ' tir earbines ready , werp ^ bo close npon as , riding spby the bank of the river , that bad I ' not then , observed their approac h' they would have caught rao at brcsbfast .

      Nine men out of ten , in ouch , on etnorgency , would have hesitated to assist me and to eseape by la . nd was , at that time , evidently , impossible . Mr M'Afeo lost not a mpment-r-his boat . wso hauled nctoos the road , and launched ! a the stream with sll possible speed—snd he and Chandler and I were soarcely afloat in it , and out a little way below the bank , when tho old Tory colonel , arid hlii green-coated troop of horse , with their , waving plumuB , we ' re parading in front of hla ( Mr H'Afoft ' B ) dnelling . How we escaped here is to me almost a miracle . I bad resided long in the district , and was knoKn by everybody . A boat was in the river , ageinst . official orders . It was pear the shore , and the oarbineo of the military , eo&trolled by the collector , would have compelled ub to return , or have killed us fer disobedience .

      The Colonel assuredly did not see us , that was evident ; be turned round at the moment to talk to Mr * M . and her daughters , who Were standing in the partorrein front of their house , full of anslety on our account . But ef his oompaniins not a few mast have aesn the whole movement , and yet we were aSowed to steer for the head of Grand Island with all the expedition in our power , without interruption , nor was there n vrhispe-r said about tht roatter for many months thereafter . In an hour we were safe on the Ameriq&B shore ; and that night I slept . andtrthe vengrable Col . Chapin ' shoa * pliable roof , with a volunteer guard .

      The excitement which then prevailed in Buffalo baffles my powers of description . "My opinion as to shot should be dene was asked by many , but w&b nat foltowad . was for crossing at onoe to tbe CanaaVsida , with plenty of armB , but this was overruled by those who knew less of the people . Navy Island w 69 then sekcted as a randtzrouG , and I was one of twenty . siz who took posseaeion of it . Afctr the waste of tine there , and its evacuation , I again counselled an immediate crossing near Buffalo , which Mr Yan Bensselatr , as he has stated , suooessfullv opposed . I am keartily glad that we failed .

      Having known , by p&tnfol experience , what It 1 a to be a fugitive and a wanderer , seeking shelter from the enmity of those who . thirsted formj life ' s blood , God forbid that I should ever again be a party to , o * the advocate of , any change that would deprive the unhappy African race of the only city of refuge that ia left them from the vengeasco of their cruel oppressors on the North American continent , snd disturb the tranquillity of the Old and New Worlds , to extend the dominion and power of the ariatoratic slaveholder , under the plausible appearance of increasing ' the area of freedom . '

      The Southern States—and they form the governing section of the Union , are filled with feudal barons , whe hold the soil in perpetuity . The native-born labourer and his unhappy offspring are their ' slaves ! In Britain and Ireland we find twenty-seven mlllionB of people , not one man iu several hundred of . whom owns a foot of the soil in the l « nd of bis nativity ! A person born in the United Kingdom finds himself on a social snd political equality , at least , with othercolonists , the moment ha reaches Canada . He le not branded as a' foreigner , ' But , unfortunately , tho Canadian has no Bhare ia the control of national affairs . Ho is fl meife eoloniut .

      In the WeBtern and Northern States Europeans fire , as flcldjj , distrusted in politics , and Kept perpetually in the back-ground . ' Their birth ' placeB . prove a perpetual Injury to them . By the Btat . eand Federal Constitutions they , arc declared to owe a double . and mosUuconslstont allegiance ,, and a numerous and not unpopular party are m-ist anxious to place them on a far lower platform thnn fven that which they now ; ofceupy . ' In the' Republic they number ^ like the Africans , more than throe millions . My vfish ' , wouldbe to . see p ' bome provided for the European immigrant on this Northern Continent , iu which without being reduced to the equivocal t- mporary condition of a mere coloDlst , ^ e wbujd find himself p'aced 6 n an eqaallty with . his naftreneighbourB , and never find the place of his ciiil ' dhooa ana ihe memory of h'U earlier years a bar to , his success in life , or political and sooiaieDJojnienta . ¦ ¦

      Long after , ' my escape to this eide , the gallant Colonel LonntwSs enabled to reach the frontier , bnt with very great difficulty , A boat' was either obtained from this aide or built , but the ice ' above , Buffalo obstructed its passage . . He was Boon recognised . by some Boullesa wretch of , the house of Iscariot , who got the 2 , 000 dol : lars from Sir Francis Head , Sir Seorge Arthur soon after ordered my much Jnjwed comrade for execution at Toronto , with Captain Matthew * .. Thirty thousand nigttature 8 for pardon , or a milder , punishment , to the venerable legislator , were , as Lord Durham tells ub , quite unavailing—he Buffered a painfnl and an ignomi . ni us death . ¦ Mr M'Afee has sold his farm in Canada and purchased a ^ property . at Bellefount , Stevenson . County , Illinois , wher ' a his family how reside . I wrote to him last month , Inquiring if I might name him in the narrative , and he had no objection . In bis letter to . mo of tho 15 th nit ,, he soys : —

      'The broakfast begun and not finished in December , 1837 , we wish you would come to Illinois and finish . We will give you chicken fixens ^—prairie chickens , and sweet potatoes . Several Tories were . vicloua ensugh in those times to take my life . Old Colonel X * rby took every means in bis power to annoy roe . Is it not strange that neither he nor any of his troop that were in plain night of us saw us or tho boat ! There seems to have beea something providential in that . Had it been discovered at the time that . I t « pk you over , it would , in all probability , have ruined me . I afterwards saved bis ( Col . K . ' s ) building from the torch . of ineendiftriBm and himself from assassination . A plo » bad been laid to burn all the buildings of the Toriea on the lines . I heard of it , ' and exerted suoce » s ? uliy an influence which I possessed to prevent its being carried into effect . Thus it was that I repaid their UI-kIII . ' ;

      As far as I know , I nm tbe only parson who was reo sident in Upper Canada when the civil dissensiens broke out into acts ' of open violence ten yonrs ago , who must Hot re-enter any part of the British dominions . This excoptlonis not owing Jo any act of . mine , an : connected with the political . strife of that period ; for oa tho appearance of Sir B . Bonnyeaatle ' B book , I distinctly otfered , by letter ^ addressed to Mr Secretary Stanley , to go at ones over to Toronto , and stand trial on any charge that had been made by Governor Head fin hi 3 dotoasd made for me , « pon , Mr Marcy ) , or that might be mail by any other person , relative to tbe part I took in the death of Colonel Hoodie , &c , no matter who might be the judge or jurors . . ,

      Neither Is it owing to a neglect on ray park , or on the part of others on tny behalf , to apply for a rsversal of the outlawry , that I am thus made an exception , nor to any belief on tbe part of toe British Government that I aiin friendly to a renewal of the troubles , P « rhaps my continued asseveration that the Sritish and Colonial governments were boJb directly aud Indirectly , full as mucfc footewno as those of us toTio rose in oppos ' tion , is a cause . I think so still , and that an impartial history of the last twenty years toouW more titan prove it . But there weald be folly in rouBing a feeling here against EDglasd , to be used by the agents of our southern elnveholdere In aid of their detestable warfare against the independence of the Republic of Mexico . New York , Sept . 15 , 1847 . W . L . M .

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      The concilium generate of the university of Ko nig 8 berg has declared itself in favour of the admig sjon of Jews to professorships in tbe Prussian univer sities .

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      DEATH OF GEORGE B / NNS , THE EOND £ BLAND C 7 IAKTIST , ( From a Correspondent ) Probably you have heard that George Binns is dead . Notices of bis decease have appeared in the papers of this locality , all written in terms of r » sp » ct for his memory , and of esteem for his talents . From the active and noted part which he took iu tho people ' s cause , bebtcarae personally kaowu to many of tbe readers of the Stab , and admired by thousands who heard of him through its paces . It ie , therefore , probable you will feel disposed to Inscrta notice , of hisdiath .

      Mr Binns wks a native of Sunderlana " , one of a family of sixteen children , members ef tb « Society of Frionds , His father was a draper , in an extensive line of business , and was much esteemed Ib _ this town for his iatelllgenoe , integrity , and usefulness in local affairs , particularly in all movements of a bcntvelont character . His . mother , too , was a most excellent woman . Mr G . Bines was himself brought up to the drapery business with his father , but left it about 1837 , whea he was between twenty-oue and twenty . tw * y » ara of age , and entered into partnership with Mr Williams , ' . n tba n « wspauer and bookselling business , Frevieus to quitting tbe drapery business , he had taken a very uotlve part in the promotion of the temperance cause , and had engaged in several pablio meetingB of a political character , in which he early

      proved himself possessed of a high talent as a speaker , and his enthusiastic nature made Dim most popular wherever he appeared . About this time Mr Binns loot both bis parents , and tho management of tho business , for the . maintenance ef . the younger members of the family , devolved upon Mm ; but , as his inclinations were for public life , the truitoes of the family proporty wera dissatisfied with hh attention to the business he had ia charge , and , therefore , be quitted It , » s stated , to : join Mr T ^ illiams . From 1837 to 1810 , he was incessantly enraged In the advancement of his views of political and social reform . He . joinod ths Chortist body at the earliest period , and remained in connexion with theos untl } h « quitted England for N « w Zealand , In 1842 . In July , I 83 D , he was arrested at Suaderland , along with Mr

      Williams , on a charge of sadltleo ,, appeared , in answer to the charge , at the following Durham assizes , when hid trial was postponed , and he was liberated on heavy bail . His trial ultimately . came on in August , 1819 , before Judge Cultman ,. when the . usual verdict of guilty was found , and he tras sentenoed to » ix months imprisonment in Durham prison . Comparatively speaking , be had not to complain of the privation * which others bad to luffor at that time , in etber prisons , for Blmilar alleged offences . He was tr « at « d , in every respset—as were bis fellow prisoners , Mr Williams and Mr Byrne , - of Newcastle—with the greatest liberality . In January , 1841 , he wae liberatrd , when he was honoured with a triumphed entry into his native tswn , thousands upon thousand *

      taking that means of testifying their esteem for his character , and their disapproval of the unjustifiable prose , cation which had been got up ngnintt him . Shortly after hia liberation , be re-entered tho drapery business , joining a Mr John Kllvlntos , who was established in beslaess himself at the time . This was a most anfortan&te connexion . From the conduot of bis partner ho became involved in debt . No longsr able to ft el that eelf-respcct which he prized io highly , he resolved to emigrats , and endeavour , by care , industry , and entsrpriee , to save as much as woald enable him to return to England , pay all whom he owed , and resume again that career of public usefulness In which he had acted no distinguished a part *

      Shortly after his arrival ia New Zealand , he bscame assistant to a Mr James Williams , merchant and shipowner of Port Nolson , for whom he Buperintended a whale fishing establishment , With this gentkman be continued doing well until the disturbances with the natlveB took place , when the affairs of his maBter became involved , and that person left ths colony , Mr Binns sustaining a considerable loss by him . Thisnewreverseof fortune , interfering at it did with Ht Binno ' s ardent hopes of roturn to his native country , produced a sad effact upoa his aplritB , end probably strongly contribatod to cause a severe cold , caught aboutthattime , to become fixed , and to terminate , as it did , in consumption . He di » d after an illnoss of upwards of three years . -

      I omitted to mention that when in priBOn he composed a small poem— 'The Doom of Toil . ' It was highly popular , and had a large sale . Of hit talents as a speaker and writer , you are as wollable to jadge as myself . I will only add what 7 , from most intimate know Uige of him , can best gay , that he was a thoroughly tree * hearted man . He Inspired all who knewhim with sentiments of warm attachment , and his death has led to expressions of regret and sympathy frem men of all ranks and of all opinions in this town . [ We must express our sincere regret to learn the mt « lanoholy intelligence conrtyed in the above communication . Wo nell remember Giorge Binns as a handsome , high-spirited , talented , true-hearted man—every inch a Democrat . Poor fellow , . After life's fitful ftverhe sleeps well . '

      The poem— ' The Doom of Toil , we do not remember to have seen . The linea given below have once before appeared in the Stab , but they will bear re-publication . As the last address of the deceased patriot to his native land , they will possess a melancholy Interest to those who knew him personally or by report . Thanks to our correspondent for enabling us to pay this last tribute of respect te a man whom toe always admired , ]

      LINES BY MR GEORGE BINNS . Writton on board ef the ' Bombay , ' on her passage te New Z .-alan-J , Angust . 1 S 42 .

      Away , away , away ! And spread tby sunny sails , The rising gun of day Has woke the swelling gales ; The land we ' ve left behind His vanished like a dream , The ties that onco could bind Lie broken on the stream . Splendid halls of learning : , Dazzling many an eye ; Lamps of wisdom burning , Lighting up her sky . Gems of rainbow story Gilding Euglnnd ' s crown , Themes of future glory And fabuleus renown ;—• All and every wonder

      Her glory and her might , Loom like clouds of tbunder Upon my troubled sight . Sail on ! we will not shrink , Though ocean be our grave , Though our requiem as we sink Bs tbe murmur of its wave . For beside tbe splendid balls Of base oppression ' s pride , My memory recalls . The ruin by their si ^ e ; The soldier irho was slain At the shrine of human luBt ,. The weeping widow ' s claim Oft trampled in the dust ; Tbe tiller of the soil Upon vrhose cheek appears , From unrequited toil ,

      Deep channels of hu tears ; The drops of blood that stream . From thu wearied limb , Yet fail withal to gain v A harvest'home for him . Away ! my bark , away ¦ Where nothing palls ths eigbt ,... Mid sunny things of daj And silent things of night ; Where , on the burnished wave That kisses yonder sky , Thegoldensun doth bathe Its beauty from mine eye , — Where stars , at evening ' s gloom Emit their Bhining light , And yon unclouded moon

      Hslfchaseth back the night ; Where daring sea-birds fl y Along the billows' path , Or , mounting to the sk y , Look down upon tkeir wrath ; Where none like me are sad—No ere conceals tbe tear , Where human 1 earts are glad And happy faces cheer . Away ! brave ship in pride , And cleave the stormy flood , Where sleep beneath its tide The noble and the good , Bear , tear ma to a land , Where hirelings cannot laud The law-protected band

      Ofl'udsmaraudirg fraud ; Where Heaven ' s blessings sweep Tbe universal main , And millions do not weep To feed a robber's gaia ; Where Famine ' s iron aaaw Ne ' er hurries to the grave , No ' er crushes ' neath its law , Nu ' er buries ' neath its wave . Blow ! all ye breezes , blow ! Boll ! all ye waters , roll ! What matter though we go To Indus or the Pole I Press on ! press on , my bark ! Though mountain billows rise , Though starless nights ore dark Ann tompeeta lasn tho skies ; We'd batter hear « ho . thunder

      And see tho lightning s flash , — Onr shrouds be rest asunder , Our timbers creak and crash—Than see tho storm of feeling 'Gainst tyranny rebound , Or mark the moth- r kneeling , Her famished children round , — Thau find aroWat the few , With plenty at command , No spirit firm and true , To save my native land .

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      During the year 18 ± 7 , there entered the public slaughter-houses of Paris , 82 519 oxen , 24 , 990 cows , £ 3 , ' 77 calves , 503 , 113 sheep , 239 goats .

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      TOTER WANDERINGS reri years aine ' e ; oeirig a " narrative of remarkable adTOutureS'dUring a fivedaya' journey between the cities of lorantoi and Buffalo ; undertaken under peenhar circumstances in the month of December , iw 7 , by : •¦ . WILLIAM : LYON MACKENZIE , :. - IHE CAHADIAN ' bBBBL , ' Formerly mayor ef Toronto , aad member of the Legislature of Upper Canada . ¦¦ '¦ ' ¦

      ( Prom the Toronto ( Canada ) Globe . ) ( Concluded fromipitf last number . \ 1 g <*>/ jpcrt hor § e near ; Ancestor , from an old com . cade—a noble animal , vwho did me Bxoelfcmt service * - pursued my journey in a cancossion parallel to the Mountain Road above Hamilton , till I came near ro a houiia well lighted up , and where a guard was evidently posted td ' qtJdstloti waj&rerB-and , as ' it then seemed the safest coum , pulled down the worm fence , and tried to find- mywsy through the Binbreok and Olanford Woods , a hard toak'in daylight , but far worse In the

      For several weary houra did I toil through the primeval forest , leading my horse , nnd unable to get out or find a path . The barklag of a dog brought me , when near dayli ght to a solitary cottage . -anditB inhabits , a nsgro , polntea . outto .-mi > Twenty-Mile creek , where It was fordable . Before I had ridden a milo , I camo to a small hamlet , which I had not known before—tnWred a house , and , to my surprise , was instantly called by name which , for once , I'really hesitated to own , not at all liking tho manner of him who had addrossed be , though Inow know that all was well Intended . '

      Quite cnrelesBlv , to appoorancs , I remounted my horge aRd rode off very -leisurely—hut turned the first angle and then galloped on , turned again , and galloped still faster . : At . some"t « n . ; inilcs distance , perhaps ] a farm uewly cleared ,, and situated in aby-place , seemed a safe haven . I eitfereoj the houae , called for breakfast , and found In the owner s ntoot Hibernian farmer , ' an Orangeman from the north of Ireland , With ' a vtifo mid five fine curley-heade « T children . The team-of a bal . ancej ' marked , ' . Cha ' rifflW . atorfl , maker ^ . had beeahbng up in a conspicuous plooo , and I soon ascertained that said Charles resided in Montreal , and that my entertainer was his brother .

      : 'ItoskteeaTifast-very ' much at my leisure , gavrmy horse watered , and fed witfa . oats in the shoaf , nnd then asked Mr "Waters U » bo '" so kind as to put me in the Way to the Hoantain . road , opposite Stoney-creek , which he agreed to do , but ' evMeritly with the ntmoat reluctance . After we had travelled about a quarter of n mile ia the woodB , ; he turned round ac a right auglc . and' Bald that wa » tho way . 'Not to tha road , ' said I . 'No , but toMrMelntyrej the magistrate , ' said he , Htrowecame to n full stop . Ho was stout and burley ; I , small and slig h t ma , de . .. ^ . ¦' : ' I eoon found that be had not even dreamed of me as a rebel ; bis leading ide& . was , that I had a habit of borrowing bther ' inon ' tthnraes without their exprose leavein other wards , that I was a horee-thief . Horses had been- BteleB , > and ho only ' did bis duty "by carrying a daubtfuloase before the nearest justice , whom I inferred toW 6 fle ~ o"rHolTabVcr 6 biiB ' , '' a 8 ' be wag k ' new man of whom I h&d never before heard , though a freeholder of that district , and long and intimataly acquainted with its affairs .

      Thia wag a real puzzlo . Should I tell Waters who was , it wae ten to one but he would seize me for the heavy rewar 3 , " 6 r"buTof " mere party " ze al' of prejudice . If I went before' his neighbour , the new . made justice , he would doubtless know nnd detain me on a charge of high treason . I nuked Mr Waters to explain . ] He said that I had come , In grant haste , te his house , on a December Sunday-morning , though It was on no public road , with my clothes torn , my face badly scratched , and my horse all in a foam , that I had refused to say Who I was or where I came from , had paid him a dollar for ^ a very "humble breakfatt , been in flaate to leave , aud was riding one of the finest horses in . Canada , making tit the' same time for the frontier by the most , . unfrequented paths , and that many horse ' s had bean recentlyt borrowed .. - My manner , he admitted , did not Indic&ts anything wrong , but nhy did I studiously conceal my name and business 1 Aad if all was right with me , what had I to fear from a visit to the house of the ' nearest magistrate ? ' .

      On tbo . Tuesday night in the suburbs of Toronto , when a needless paste badseixed both parties , Sheriff JarriB'left hia horse in his haste— -it was ono of the best in Casada , a beautifnl animal—and I rods him till Thursday , wearing the cap of J . Latimer , one of my young men , my hat having been . 'knocked off in a skirmish in which eneor two ! ef our men' were flhet . This bonnet-rouge , ray torn , home * tpun , sorry slippers , neary gait and unshaven beard } were assuredly not much 1 b keeping with- the charger 1 . was riding ; and I had : un fortunately given no reply Whatever to several of fcis and and his gooi wife ' s homa questione , ' '' My ch aneeio be tried and' condemned ia the hsll where I had often sat in judgment upon others , and taken a share In the shtipeleea dtudgery ef colonial lesitla ^ lon , wae now < Beemingly ve » y good —^ but I did not quite despair . - - .

      The aacapo from Waters in tkat dense forest was entlroly hopeless— . to blow out his brains , and him acting quite conscientiously , with his five , pretty children at Home awaiting hla early return , I could have done it with ease t'as far as opportunity went , tor he evidently had bo suspicion of that , and my pistal' was now loaded and sure fire . Captain Powell , ' when my prisoner ten days before , and in no personal danger , had shot the brave Gapt , Anderson dead , end thunleft elghtchildren fatherless / . No matter ; I could not do it , come what might ; eo I held a parley with my detainer , talked to him about religion , and the civil broils , Mackenzie , party spirit and Dr St ^ arhan ; arid found to my great surprise and real delight that , though averse to the objetof the revolt , he spoke of myself in terms of good will . Mr MuCabe , his next door neighbour , had " lived sear me in 1 S 23 , at Qaeenston , and had spoken so well of myself andfiiiuily to him as to have interested him , though he had not met me before . '"' ¦

      'I am an old magistrate , ' Bald I , ' but at present In a situation of some difficulty . If I ban satisfy jon as to who I am , and -why Lam . here , would you dosire to gain the price of any man ' s blood V He seemed id shudder at the very idea of such a thing ; . I then administered an oath to him , [ hud with more solemnity than I had ever done the like when acting judicially , ] he holding up his right , hand a ? wo Irish and Scottish Presbyterians usually do . . .. Wkon he had ascertained my name , which I showed him on my watch and seals , in my pocket book and on

      my linen , bo expressed real sorrow on account of tbe dangerous situation in which- { stood , pledged himself te keep silecbe let tWenty . four hours , is Ircqiieeted ; dircctcdmohowto get into the main road , and feelingly arged me to accept- his personal guidance to- ' the frontier . Farmer Wuttra had none of tbe . Judao blood in bis veins , that ' s eertsin . Hia innate sense : ef right led him at onco to the just conclusion to do to hia fellow creature as he would be done by . I perceived from hi-t remarks , 'tb at be had-previeusly associated with my name the idea of a much larger and Etouter man than I

      am . •¦ . ; . • When I wa » fairly out of danger he told the whole story to his neighbours—it was repoated and spread all over—he was soonaeiz . d and taken to Hamilton , and there thrown into _ prison , but afterwards released , SametimesI venture to Indulge' a hope that the iron rule I onceeontendedagainstlBquietlypsBslngaway ; and that her Majesty will , one of these days , allow me the high gratification , of which I should assuredly avail myself , of taking ' one other brenkfast with Farmer ; Watew and shaking hands with hia family . We wouldn't say a word upon polities—not a word ,

      When I was passing tho house of two mea , Kerr and Sldey , who wero getting ready , I suppoied , to go to church , f asked some question as to the road , again crossed the Twenty Mile Creek , ond at length ro-entertd tbemottntalo patb , a little below where a military guard wbb then stationed . While in eight of this guard , I moTBi on very alowly , as if going to meeting , but after-, wards used the rowels to seme advantage in the way of propellers . Some persons whom I passed on the road I knew , and some I didn ' t , ¦ Many whom I met evidently knew me , and well was it for me that day that I had a good name . I could have been arrested fifty times beore I reached Smithville , had the governor ' s ptroon and proclamation been generally respected . [ A portion of the newspaper ( from which we copy this account ) is here illegible : ! -

      I turned short towards St Catherine ' s , when I got to Smithville , and seemed to have taken that road down hii ! at full speed . , Instead of . doing so , however , I tarried a oorricr , put my horse very quicldy in tbe stable of a friendly Canadian , vrhoee sire was a United Empire loyalist , - entered his hospitable abode , he being etill at church , beheld my pursuers interrogate a woman who had seen me pass , and then ride furiously enward by th » St Catherine ' s Road , and then went quietly to bed , and rested for some four hours , had a comfortable suppor with the family , and wliot clothes I rtquired . A trusty compflnio ' n was also ready t ® mount hia horso and accompany me thelastforty miles , to Buffalo , should that attempt prove practicable . .

      - Samuel Chandler , a waggon- maker , resided in the Western States , but I Jo not know where , He was fortyeight years of age when be : volunteered , without fee or reward , to see me safe to Buff-ilo—had a wife and eloven children , and resided lt » Cbippawa . He is a native of Enfkld , 6 onn ,, and had no connexion whatever with the civil broils ot the Canadians ; bat when told , in strict confidence , of the risk I ran , he preferred to hazard transportation , or Iobi of Ufa . by aiding my escipa , to accepting the freehold of 8 , 000 acres of land which WouH . bavabeen the reward of my betrayers .

      Other circumstances afterwards excited his feelings , and he joined the party taken at the Short Hills , of whom Linus , W . Miller , John Grant , John Vornon , himself and others were tried before Judge Janes , at Niagara , sen . tenced to suffer death , but banished to Van DUmen ' a Land . Chandler soon escaped in a Yankee whaler , sailed round the world , and when he reached New York , on his return to his family |> ft « r I had got out of BocbeBter prison , ] I was in no condition to aid him , which I very unavaitingly regretted . A more trusty , fuithful i brothcrlj-mindeu man I have nevor met with ; may heaven reward Lord Durham ' s family for Bavlng bis life ... Why is it that moon aad greedy knnves roll in wealth and affluence , whilo whole-souled nables of Nature , like Samuel Chandler , who would disdain a

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 5, 1848, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1456/page/3/